Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-06

were made at Dunn's BluG.
A tournament took place at OrmOnd
Tuesday between the knights OF OrmOnd,
Enterprise, Ostpend and New smyrna,
w5ic1 was attended by big crowd OF
TOlusia county's citizens. The knights
OF New SMYRNA, however, succeeded in
carrying OF all the honOrs, Thomas Alb
bot, winning the first prize, which was a
so pair OF silver spurs, and John Mears
the second prize. which was $l5 pair oil
| spurs. In the evening the people OF
Ormond gave the visitors a big fancy
dress ball, which was largely attended.
The syndicate OF Northern capitalists
no sent Prots. Lowerie, KOst and Greene
to examine the phosphate deposits in W a.
kulla county are sufficiently satisfied
with the report OF these gentlemen and
the tests OF their samples TO at once dis
patch an agent TO purchase or lease the
| lands on which these deposits are found.
! Already papers have been perfected on
| 10000 acres, and 5000 acres more have
been secured ready for the papers. This
begins to look like business. The next
! thing IS the necessary machinery and
wOrkmen for preparing the phosphate for
commerce.. The layer is SAID to extend
over thousands OF acres and to average
| eighteen inches thick, and 10 lie from one
TO four feet under the surface, hardly
averaging three feet.
AS a freight train on the Savannah,
/ Florida and Western road was going
/ toward Gainesville Tuesday night about
/ 5 or Q O'Clock it overlook white man
named Clay on long trsetle, near
! Santa Fe station. The man was in the
/ GENRE Of the trestle and could not reach
either end Of it before the train would be
on him, so he attempted TO drop himself
/ through. He only partially succeeded
"a Ha fro in hnI III f,,.r
of his right arm and otherwise decorating
him about the shoulders. The train was
stopped, the wounded man picked up and
taken to the city. He ~ now at the
| Transient House, and the doctors say he
viii recover. He says he did not know
the tram was coming until the engine
was within few feet ofhim.
AT the close OF the revival services at
Gainesville Wednesday in the court house,
it being Rev. Mr.. CulpeDDer's final SER
mon before taking leave of the city tor
this time, it was proposed that, as
memorial to the great and grand work
done in Gainesville in the past ten days.
home be established for those poor
unfortunate persons upon whom p0verty's
gaunt hand and afflictiOn's bitter woes
have been placed. With this end in view it
" a. agreed that to-day the pastors OF the
four CONGREGATIONS In the city appoint a
committee OF three from among their
members, and that these committees mold
l'lnt meeting Tor the purpose of estaD.
fishing an infrmary at once. The He
brews OF the city are asked to appoint a
committee to cooperate with the others.
Tallahassee TaIlahassean: From COM
mercial man now at the st. James, who
came up from Greensville. station D, on
the Florida Railway and Navigation, we
gather the following particulars regard
ing the killing Of burglar and the cap
ture OF tour Others in Mr.. Hays store at
that place Monday night. The clerk, Mr..
Redding. was sleeping at the store and
was awakened some time about midnight
oy noise in the store. Slipping out the
back window, he called up Mr.. Hays at
his residence, and the two with another
man returned to the store armed with a
shotgun. Finding five men in the act of
robbing the safe they opened fire on them.
one Of the burglars fell dead in his tracks.
ard the other four surrendered and were
taken to Madison and Jailed. TIE burg
lars proved to be tramps who had been IN
the store during the afternoon and eve
ming previous begging.
Lake Charm is the present terminus Of
the Sanford and Indian river railroad II
IS a place that nature has done much for.
and the residents there are doing much
IN the way OF improvements. A number
of families reside there, and the dwell
ings are of modern style of architecture
and remarkably neat in appearance.
Orange groves are numerous ard
we'll kept, aud the soil is rich, re-
qCiring but little or no fertilizer in order
10 make a thrifty grove. DR.. Henry Fos-
ter, originally OF Clifton Springs, y. Y,
built last year an elegant little church
and a parsonage, which affords religious
privileges for the people in the vicinity.
school Is taught at Lake Charm bv a
most thorough instructress, young lady
from OHIO. The lake is a beautiful little
body OF water, bein, about a mile in cir
cumerence. and IS deep and tn water
perfectly clear. It furnishes boating
privileges Tor the people of the settle
ment, and the imprOy the WELL
kept orange groves aud the natural parks
surrounding II make it a spot of special
attractiveness.
Since the spring OF 1884 many desirable
Improvements have been witnessed in the
vicinity Of the beautiful Lakes Woro-
noco, Georgia and LeBruin. East of
Lake Georgia and mostly near its shores,
SIX new dwellings have been erected and
about forty acres cleared, a large portion
being set 30 orange trees. At GabrlelIa
So new houses have been built aud about
thirty acres cleared, several hundred
trees being put in grove form. At
Hunterviile four pleasant new dwellings
nave added to the appearance of the
iocaHty. Quite a number OF acres of
wild land has been brought under cul
tlYation and devoted to the use Of
the taVorlte orange, to which that
whole region of country proves so well
adapted. This makes sixteen new
dwellings IN the section of which Gabri-
ella is tho b1isIDQSG baN
post office, store and saw mill. Three Of
these were built in 1884 aud the remain
ing thirteen during the past two wears.
several had also been built previously.
a handsome. commodious and well con
structed school-house has been built the
present season and Il fine school with
twenty-iour pupils is In active operation,
Maitland is beginning to appreciate the
wants and Importance OF the section, and
the projected railroad from that point is
hailed with great satisfaction.
Rev. J. 3. Culpepper, who mas been con.
Quoting the great religious revival at
Gainesville, left Wednesday evening for
his home In Macon Ga. Between 300 and
400 men, women and children, many OF
them recent converts TO the cause of
Christ, assembled at the depot to see him
Cd. just before the train came IN to the
depot Rev. {. A. Full wood, Presiding E.
der, In behalf OF Rev. and Mrs. J. X.
sharpe, presented Rev. Culpepper with
an elegant copy Oftn Holy Bible. Rev.
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